Car bomb strikes Erbil

In a rare instance of violence, a Peshmerga officer was targeted in a car bomb attack Tuesday morning in the Kurdistan regional capital of Erbil.At around 9 a.m. the bomb detonated in the Kasnazan area east of downtown Erbil, according to people within earshot of the explosion. It is the first known bombing in Erbil, normally a haven of security and low violent crime, since a similar incident in August 2012.A senior official in the Kasnazan district government described the incident as ...

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